Exam 14: Psychological Disorders

Glycine,which can exert effects at the NMDA receptor,is important because it:

Evidence suggests that brain deficits associated with schizophrenia are:

The average age of onset for schizophrenia is:

Although visual hallucinations are not as common as auditory ones,the visual hallucinations may be due to ___.

Distinguish between Type I and Type II schizophrenia in terms of symptoms,response to drugs,intellectual impairment,and pathological processes in the brain.

All of the following treatments show promise in treating posttraumatic stress disorder except:

About ___ percent of schizophrenic patients are not helped by typical dopamine blocking antipsychotics?

The ___ has been suggested as the switch controlling bipolar cycles.

The negative symptoms of schizophrenia can be characterized as ___.

Type I schizophrenia is characterized by ___.

Describe the brain circuit that is implicated in OCD.Identify several disorders that are related to OCD in terms of symptoms and/or brain areas affected.

Mood disorders are associated with increased size of:

People with the short allele of the serotonin transporter gene may be at greater risk for depression.

Some schizophrenic patients who are nonresponsive to typical antipsychotics show ___ D2 receptor blockade compared with responsive patients.

Which of the following is evidence that suggests dopamine is not the only neurotransmitter involved in schizophrenia?

PTSD is more common in women than men who have been exposed to trauma.

In ECT:

Which of the following is not true about OCD?

List several environmental factors that may contribute to schizophrenia.What developmental period seems to be most involved?

Using brain scans,it can be shown that during auditory hallucinations the ___ is active and during visual hallucinations the ___ is active.